These instructions will provide you with a Parse Embedded C SDKs provide support for Intel IoT Developer Kit platforms such as Intel Galileo, Intel Edison and Intel Minnowboard Max.

We provide a binary package for the Parse SDK if you have an Intel IoT Developer Kit 1.5 image. If your board is not yet configured follow the Getting Started guide to install the latest image and get online. You can also build and run the Parse samples with Eclipse. Find out more about how to get started with Eclipse here.

First, add the Intel IoT Developer Kit repository to the opkg configuration files:

echo "src iotdk-all http://iotdk.intel.com/repos/1.5/iotdk/all" >> /etc/opkg/iotkit.conf
echo "src iotdk-i586 http://iotdk.intel.com/repos/1.5/iotdk/core2-32" >> /etc/opkg/iotkit.conf
echo "src iotdk-quark http://iotdk.intel.com/repos/1.5/iotdk/core2-32-intel-common" >> /etc/opkg/iotkit.conf
echo "src iotdk-x86 http://iotdk.intel.com/repos/1.5/iotdk/intel_core2_32" >> /etc/opkg/iotkit.conf

Once the repository is added and your board is online update the package list and install

opkg update
opkg install libparse-dev

This will also resolve and install any dependencies for the Parse SDK onto your board.

The parse SDK uses autotools, here is the 10 second method for building it.

autoreconf -vif
./configure --prefix=/usr
make
make install

This is useful if you updated the sources to the latest version from the Parse SDK repository.

Download the unix sample code and makefile from here. If you're using Eclipse, use the makefile to configure the project settings.

Add the following code to the main function in main.c and replace ApplicationID and ClientKey with your values:

ParseClient client = parseInitialize("ApplicationID", "ClientKey");
parseSendRequest(client, "POST", "/1/classes/TestObject", "{\"foo\":\"bar\"}", NULL);

Save the changes and copy the files to the board. Type the following commands in a terminal to build and run:

make
./quickstart

A new TestObject with field foo and value bar will be created and sent to the Parse Cloud.

Add the following function above your main function in main.c. This will add a handler to respond to a push notification.

void myPushCallback(ParseClient client, int error, const char *buffer) {
  if (error == 0 && buffer != NULL) {
    printf("received push: '%s'\n", buffer);
  }
}

Next, add the following lines inside main function of the main.c file. This will register the handler you just added, initialize the push listener service, and begin listening for pushes.

parseSetPushCallback(client, myPushCallback);
parseStartPushService(client);
parseRunPushLoop(client);

Build and run your app again. To test push receiving, send a push using the following curl command:

curl -X POST \
  -H "X-Parse-Application-Id: YOUR_PARSE_APPLICATION_ID" \
  -H "X-Parse-REST-API-Key: YOUR_PARSE_REST_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
        "where": {
          "deviceType": "embedded"
        },
        "data": {
          "alert": "A test push from Parse!"
        }
      }' \
  https://api.parse.com/1/push

Q. Where do I get help? A. If it's Intel platform specific, file an issue on this github repository or use our maker community forum https://communities.intel.com/community/makers. If it's about the Parse SDK then use the traditional Parse support methods.

Q. Why is there no code? A. We don't make any code changes to the Parse SDK, get the sources from https://github.com/ParsePlatform/parse-embedded-sdks

Q. How do I rebuild your ipk package? A. Folow the instructions here for building the Intel IoT Developer Kit image https://software.intel.com/en-us/blogs/2015/03/04/creating-a-yocto-image-for-the-intel-galileo-board-using-split-layers. You will be able to build the package 'parse-embedded-sdks'. The bitbake recipe is here: http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit/cgit.cgi/meta-intel-iot-middleware/tree/recipes-devtools/parse-embedded-sdks/parse-embedded-sdks_1.0.1.bb?h=dizzy